Oddly enough, after watching the trailers I think by "sequel" they really do mean sequel. I'm not sure how they're going to do it, but I'm starting to suspect they might just manage to pull it off.

And if they don't, well, we're still going to get a fair bit of Mirai wandering around looking lost and cute, and we get to catch up with some of the guys from the past. So that will be cool too. I return to being cautiously optimistic about the movie.